Posts Tagged ‘consequences’

The Fall Of The Berlin Wall: The Wider Historical Context

The Fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of Communism in Europe was probably inevitable, given the inability of the Communist system to compete economically with the West. We now hear that communism was ‘unsustainable’ and I largely agree, but at the same time I don’t think it was inevitable that the Berlin Wall [Read more...]

The Iranian Revolution: Its Impact And The Future

Former Chinese premier Zhou Enlai (1949-76) was once asked about the impact of the French Revolution in 1789, and he replied ‘It’s too early to say’. However, with today marking the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Shah of Iran, one thing that I can say with confidence is that the Iranian Revolution was [Read more...]


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